Ironing machine



Oct. 19 1926.

A. MAESCHER IRONING MACHINE Filed April 1'7 INVENTOR I AZberZ Mqes'cher ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 19, 1926.

uniTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT 'MAESGHER, OF ST. LQ UI S, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR T0 UN IVEBSAL IRONING- MACHINE COMPANY, on em. LOUIS, MISSOURI,

A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

IRONING MACHINE.

Application filed April 17, 1922. Serial No. 553,884.

This invention relates to an improvement in ironing machines and has for its primary object the purpose of providing an improved arrangement of ironing board relative to the ironing roller, so that the reciprocating stroke or travel of the ironing board will be shorter than heretofore.

Another object of this invention is to arrange the length of the ironing board in a position parallel with the ironing roller, thereby providing improved means, whereby the ironing machine can be operated with greater rapidity.

Other and further objects will appear in the specification and be specifically pointed out in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings exemplifying the invention, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of an ironing machine showing this improved arrange ment of ironing board applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

With reference to the accompanying drawings, the frame 1 is comprised of a pair of end members which are tied together by cross members 3; and supported by bearings l, one of which is provided on each of the end members 2, a horizontally arranged shaft 5, said shaft at eachend extending beyond a respective end member 2.

Loosely mounted on one end of the shaft 5 is a pair of pulleys 6 and 7 and rigidly secured to said shaft between said pulleys is aright pulley 8, and located or formed on the opposite end of said shaft is pinion 9.

hileshing with the pinion 9 is an intermediate gear 10, said gear being supported on a stub-shaft 11, which is extended from an adjacent end member 2 and in mesh with said gear 10 is a gear 12, said gear being rigidly secured to one end of a horizontally extending shaft 13, said shaft being supported in bearings 1 1, there being a bearing mounted on each of the end members 2.

The shaft 13 is comprised of two alining parts, the part 15 being hollow and extended from one end of a heated drum 16, whereas the part 17 of said shaft is extended from the opposite end of the drum 1G and located in said drum 16 are a series of gas jets 18, each receiving their supply from the pipe 19, said pipe extending within the hollow portion 15 of the shaft 13 and receives its supply from a source not shown.

1 having Supported by the end members 2 on a plane beneath the shaft 5 and parallel thereto, is a rock-shaft 20 and rigidly secured to said shaft adjacent to each end is a short lever 21, each of said levers turnably supporting a shaft 22 which parallels the shaft 20. Rigidly secured to the shaft 20 is a treadle 23 and secured to the shaft 22, intermediate to its ends, is the lower end of an upwardly extending throw-arm at, having an ironing board 25 carried by its upper end, said board a curved periphery 26, said periphery being described on a radius from the shaft 22.

Supported by brackets 27 from the throwarin is a protecting pan 28, which is located beneath the ironing board 25.

Pivotally secured at 29 to the throw-arm 24, intermediate of its ends is a curved gear segment 30, having teeth 31 formed on its upper surface, the opposite end of said segment being slidably supported in a boxing 32, which is under-slung from the shaft 5 and in mesh with the teeth 31 of said 'seg ment is a pinion 33, which is formed or mounted on the shaft 5.

It is to be noted that the upper end of the throw-arm 2 1 is olfset at 34, so that said upper end will engage the under side of the ironing board 25 at one side of the transverse centerof the board. This is for the purpose of providing under-reaching space for the operator, so that garments can more readily be introduced or engaged over the board from the right hand side thereof.

A padding'35 is mounted on the periphery 26 of the ironing board 25 and after a garment has been mounted over the ironing board in which the nnderhanging portions thereof will be received by the pan 28, the forwardly driving belt 36 is moved onto the tight pulley 8, thereby putting said pulley into motion and operating the shaft 5, the pinion 33 of said shaft which is in engagement with the teeth 31 of the gear segment 80 exerting a pulling force on said segment thereby swinging the throw-arm 2a inwardly.

Coincident with the operating of the shaft 5, the pinion 9 thereof, will cause the gears 10 and 12 to operate thereby swinging the ironing drum 16 downwardly in which the periphery 37 thereof will be brought into rolling contact with the padding 26 of the ironing board 25, said drum and ironing board being moved in contact with one another to the respective positions A and B as shown'in Fig. 2.

After the drurn'16 and ironing'board 25 has been moved to the respective position A and B, shifting mechanism not shown is adapted to shift the belt 36 from the tight pulleyB onto the loose pulley and at the same time shifting a reversing belt 38 onto said tight pulley 8, the engagement of said belt 38 with the pulley 8 causing the shaft to be operated in a reverse direction so that the pinion 33 will force the gear segment 30 outwardly, and the pinion 9 will operate the gears 10 and 12 in a reverse direction in which the drum 16 will be returned to the neutral position C, in which the periphery 37 thereof is disengaged from engagement with. the padding 35 of the ironing board as shown in Fig. 2. j

. Upon the return of the drum 16, and ironing board 25 to the positions shown at O and D, the reversing belt 38 is shifted from the tight pulley 8 and a stopping action not" shown becomes eii'ective on the shaft 5.

i The garment is then adjusted on or taken from the ironingboard 25 and after said adjustment the throw-arn1 52 i is again permitted to move inwardly toward contacting with the ironing drum.

From the showing contained in the drawings and the description pertaining thereto, on account of the disposition of the ironing board 25 of the ironing drum 16 in which the peripheries of said board and drum are lengthwise of each other, an ironing board having a relatively narrow drum contact-. 111g periphery is provided, in which the narwith greater rapidity than heretofore, on account ofthe contacting surface of the board being much shorter in its direction of rolling contact travel with the ironing drum, and in which the maximum peripheral ironing area is disposed lengthwise of the ironing drum,

Heretof'ore, ironing machines have been provided with their ironing surfaces disposed lengthwise in the direction of rolling contact with the ironing drum, in which greaterlength of time is required for reciprocating the ironing board back and forth on account of the ironing or peripheral contact thereof being of much greater length.

What I claim is p 1 V In an ironing machine, the combination of an ironing drum, an ironing board having its contacting surface arranged lengthwise of the length of said drum and having its periphery rounded crosswise thereof, and a rockable supporting arm for said board being secured thereto at one side of the transverse center of said board.

ALBERT MAESGHER. 

